The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)
Contributors: John Wain (Introduction)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: January 2, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780140182552
Subjects: Classic fiction; Modern fiction; Franco-German War, 1870-1871; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Classics; Fiction / Classics; Fiction
First sentence: Those two girls, Constance and Sophia Baines, paid no heed to the manifold interest of their situation, of which, indeed, they had never been conscious.